What to Wear Wednesday 10.28 | Providence Family Photography

It may be 10:40 on Wednesday night, but it’s still Wednesday!!!  For this week’s WTW, I used one of my FAVORITE colors – orange.  And one of my absolute favorite dresses ever for little girls.  Meet the Funky Knitted Dress from Mini Boden.  Have you noticed my love for Boden yet??  They are just so good and so cute.  And this dress AH!  I just love it.  A touch of whimsy, a punch of color and a touch of funk.  I paired it with either blue or purple tights and the finished it with the bright orange rain boots.  Now, one rule of thumb for dressing for photos – don’t wear something you would never normally wear.  For some families, this look would not work at all.  But for others, it totally goes.  I personally want to order every size of this dress for Layne for when she gets bigger.  I matched it up to a structured jacket for both mom and dad and a pretty top for mom playing off of the purple and a nice cotton cashmere sweater for dad in the orange.  Then casual but nice jeans for both.  You could also add in a scarf and hat for the little girl and layer a long sleeved tee underneath and have a cute colder weather outfit for photos without needing a coat.

Any requests for next week?  Colors, families, etc?

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What to Wear Wednesday | Providence Photography

This week, a palette of green, grey and white.  Nice and clean, nice and simple.  🙂  Mom’s clothes are Boden USA.  Dad is Boden, Gap and Kohls, Girl and Boy are both The Children’s Place.  And can I just say how much I *love* the little girl’s boots??

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What to Wear Wednesday | Philadelphia Photographer

Welcome to this week’s what to wear. I went with a simple color scheme of brown and purple. (I promise, next week I will step away from the brown!!)  This week every single piece you see here is from Old Navy and the only things over $20 are the mom’s jeans and the girl’s coat So you can do a great job of dressing for a session and still keep it cheap!!

I started with the girl’s outfit because once I saw it I couldn’t resist! How cute is that precious little hat?? As we get cooler, the corduroy dress with tights and a little coat becomes a great option. For the boy, nice and simple half-zip sweater with jeans. Boys tend to get a little dirty during shoots so I stick with jeans or dark colored bottoms. Khakis aren’t a bad thing at all but in the fall with leaves, dirt, mud etc, better off doing cords, dark twill pants or jeans.  (Same thing with ivory tights for little girls, by the way – they are going to get dirty, just be warned.  Better to add some boots or a different color / pattern tight.)  For mom a great pair of jeans (and bonus ladies, these are Old Navy’s new Dreamer Jeans which have a little tummy flattening action and a little extra boost for your caboose 😉 ) Then a pretty top and this great purple sweater swing coat. And as a nice little extra, a bunch of ON’s sweater coats are on sale for $20 this week! And for dad a nice pair of jeans and a brown and white striped button down. Something else to break up the solid brown tops you are getting with the mom and son.

And one last little note. For extra savings on shopping make sure to check out Old Navy Weekly – they update the site with new coupons every Thursday evening sometime after about 5:00. Nice easy way to save some extra money!!  And I have to admit, I think the modelquins stuff is kind of funny!

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Ten on Tuesday and the Big One Winner | Providence Photographer

1.  First and most importantly, thank you so much all of you for entering the contest.  There were some truly wonderful entries.  The winner of The Big One is Elaina O’Keefe.  Her reason for photography touched all of us deeply and made her a unanimous choice.  If I get permission from her later on, I will share her winning entry.

Second was a tie between Erin Jacobs and Joanna Parkman.  Both of you two will win a $100 gift certificate to be used towards a session.

All three of you, please contact me at your earliest convenience!!

2.  I will not be taking any sessions after December 1 unless it is a newborn session.  SO if you are planning a session for the holidays, please don’t continue to wait.  Don’t forget that there needs to be time for me to edit the photos, time for you to view and decide on them and time to get the orders to you.  🙂

3.  On that note, I have only 9 dates left open before December 1.  Those are my only weekend days left.  So if you want one, let me know.  I also still have three slots left on the 17th of October for holiday mini sessions.

4.  In family news, Layne has had a big week!  She popped through her first tooth, learned finally to roll from back to front (okay, so that’s late at 9 months but she weighs 20 pounds – it’s HARD to roll that much over 😉 ), figured out how to get food into her mouth by herself AND she is nine months old today.  Nolan did the same thing –  a three week period when he was nine months old he met about seven different milestones!  Nolan’s updates – he got a much needed haircut.  I am debating taking him out for a photo shoot with his fancy new cut.  And Layne just because she loves the camera!I hope you are all liking the What to Wear series.  I am having SO much fun putting them together!  And no worries, I will definitely be doing some lower end ones as well.  I know that myself, I have champagne taste and a beer budget 🙂

5.  Have I mentioned that I am shooting my first wedding???  Yup.  That engagement session I did with Kristina Young?  Well, we’re doing their wedding as well and I am psyched.  I love kids, really I do.  And I love families.  But every once in a while it’s nice to break out of my mold and try something new.  SO excited to be doing a wedding!

6.  I am working on a new website.  Most people love what I have but I need change.  I found a new template that features bigger photos.  And I like big photos.  So very slowly, I am working on it.  I have NO idea when it will be ready.  It could be days, it could be after the new year.  We’ll see.  But I am super excited about it so I couldn’t wait to share!

7. I hope you are all liking the What to Wear series.  I am having SO much fun putting them together!  And no worries, I will definitely be doing some lower end ones as well.  I know that myself, I have champagne taste and a beer budget 🙂

8.  I never really talked about my trip to the OBX, but I wanted to share where we were.  No, this was not what we had to walk to.  This was out the back door of the house past the deck and pool.  This was literally outside of our bedrooms.  It was hard to pull myself away from this…

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9.  I am so happy that fall is here!  The colors in the trees, the crisp air, jeans and sweater weather!  (And of course college football season, that goes without saying!)  It’s perfect for me, perfect for photographs.  Keep in mind cute things for sessions like scarves, hats, boots (even wellies look great in photos!) and coats / vests.  Old Navy has some adorable accessories right now and a great sweater sale going on until (I think) Thursday.  I’m heading over there later to pick up some great cardigans.

10.  Last, to my Philly fans, I am so so excited to be coming back to see you!  I booked all of my sessions in under 24 hours and all with repeat clients – including several that I have not seen since I did their newborn session.  I can’t WAIT to see everyone again!  And the weekend to myself in a nice hotel, well, that is just the cherry on top 😉

What to Wear Idea | Providence Family Photographer

“What should we wear?” is one of the most common questions that I get when people are booking a session.  Well, I have put together a little online book that you are welcome to look at after you’ve booked your session, just ask if I don’t tell you first!  For those of you not booking a session, I’ve decided to start every once in a while highlighting some outfits ideas for families.  It doesn’t have to be these exact outfits (and trust me, I have expensive taste when dressing other people!!!)  but hopefully it will give you an idea of how to mix and match colors, patterns and clothes when outfitting yourselves 🙂

Today we start with one of my favorite color combinations – blue and brown.  I chose to make the little girl the focus, as will usually be the case when dressing a family.  I picked a cute dress, footless tights and flats.  Then I spun off of her outfit colors for the rest of the family.  For the son, a nice simple rugby, cords and brown shoes.  For mom, nice wide leg jeans to balance out the body, and a chunky cord blazer to hide a multitude of sins and provide extra warmth for a fall morning.  For dad, basic dark jeans and a brown cable sweater.  Notice mom and the little girl also have a pop of a third color.  This is a great thing just to add a little more visual interest.

Mom – www.bodenusa.com

Daughter – www.bodenusa.com

Dad – www.oldnavy.com, shoes – www.piperlime.com

Boy’s clothing – www.bodenusa.com, www.oldnavy.com and www.piperlime.com

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